Ford Auditorium Architect Question

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Wow, thanks for the link folks. Just got done reading it... a few comments....

It mentions the Huron Building as Crane's office... but doesn't mention the Michigan Building. It states that Crane moved his offices to the Detroit Fox Building in 1929 [[a move replicated 70 years later when Smith Hinchman Grylls [[SmithGroup) moved to their most opulent commission... the Guardian Building).

So there is a 2 year gap between 1927 [[when the Huron Building came down for the Union Trust [[Guardian) Building) and 1929... that is not discussed in this paper. That would narrow down the time in the Michigan Building to 1927-29.

Also of interest is the [[never built) Philadelphia Fox... I wasn't aware of that one. One can only image what a 6,300 seat opulent movie palace built by Crane would have looked like.

Also, it mentions that Crane moved to London in 1932... not in 1930 as mentioned in several other references.